After spending sprees Panama future worrisome
The future for Panama could be “very worrisome” say observers following a World Bank report presented in Washington on Tuesday...
Month: June 2014
Refugee awaiting deportation hospitalized
WITH A 10-YEAR jail sentence awaiting him in his home country a former Ecuadorian politician was transferred to hospital one...
Government mouthpiece move over Lavitola trial, rejected
A MOVE by the presidential spokesman to question a radio station over the court statements of one its staff in...
Outgoing Panama remittances jump 16%
THE INCREASING number of foreign residents in Panama and the good performance of the economy explain the 16% increase in...
Could pot become a legal export?
"If the consumption of a product is legal, so is its trade…" and Guatemala is talking up marijuana as a...
Presidency spin boss questions journalists court testimony
THE DESCRIPTION of the Italian court cases alleging bribery of Panamanian government official, has changed from “an Italian Novela” to...
Panama food price controls begin July 1
THE INCOMING Panama Government is not wasting time in implementing one of its campaign promises – food price controls....
Jail call for vote-buying CD officials
A BUSINESSMAN, civilista, anti-Noriega activist and lead player in the first post Panama invasion government, wants CD vote buying officials jailed....
Asylum revoked, Ecuadoran refugee arrested
A FORMER Ecuadorian Legislator implicated in a triple homicide has been arrested and taken into custody in the Panamanian province...
Popular party gains second post in new government
A SECOND Popular Party(PP) leader has been named by president-elect, Juan Carlos Varela to be sworn in as part of...
Panameista and PRD secure by-election seats
PANAMEÑISTA candidates were victorious in two by elections and the PRD in a third on Sunday, June 8, in Chitré,...
Personal debt in Panama up $13.3%
PERSONAL debt in Panamaumped significantly. In March this year, as consumer loans reached $7.259 billion an increase of $852.9 million...
